"Girls' Just Wanna Have Funds" A Week of Fun and Money at the 2013 Financial Boot Camp for Girls

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teen and tween girls from the DC metro area will join an array of money experts to kick-off  the 2013  Financial Literacy Organization for Women and Girls Financial Boot Camp for Girls, Monday, July 8, 2013 until Friday, July 12, 2013. The Boot Camp is being hosted by the Financial Literacy Organization for Women and Girls (FLOW), Montgomery County Public Libraries, Bethesda Branch, and Friends of the Library, Bethesda Chapter. The Boot Camp will be held at the Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda, MD 20814. The event runs from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm. The Boot Camp will help girls develop the solid money skills they'll need to mature into financially secure and economically independent young women. The Boot Camp is a follow-up to FLOW's  2013 Mother 2 Daughter Financial Summit held this past March.

FLOW's founder and CEO, Attorney, Vernai Dantzler-Smith, and author of Sitting Pretty or Sitting Duck:  Financial Self-Defense for Women, says "Girls need to be smart from the start when it comes to money and money matters.  The 2013 Financial Boot Camp for Girls is a perfect setting for girls to learn the language of money in a fun-filled environment." 

Nancy Benner, Bethesda Library's Agency Manager, adds that "The Bethesda Library branch of Montgomery County Public Libraries is pleased to be able to host this program with FLOW. Our library resources, both online databases and books, are a perfect fit for assisting our teens to become financially responsible and fully engaged in planning for their future."

Session leaders will teach girls how to handle their money like a pro.  Experts include: Bobbie Gray, FDIC; Greg Banasz, Morgan Stanley; Karen Kokernak, The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond; Mary Ann Hewitt, Maryland Council for Economic Education; Lesley Fair,The Federal Trade Commission; Nevin Adams, American Savings Education Council, Ruth Shirley, Credit Union National Association; Kathryn Kelley, American Bankers Association; and several speakers from the American Bankruptcy Institute (Credit Abuse Resistance Education).

According to a report from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, women consistently score lower than men on measures of financial literacy.  The Women in America Report, a collaboration between the White House Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Commerce, found that women are particularly vulnerable to financial insecurity.  As women start out as little girls,  FLOW's aim is to boost the financial literacy quotient of girls from the beginning so they are able to make thoughtful and responsible decisions about spending, saving, borrowing, and investing. 

The FINANCIAL LITERACY ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS (FLOW) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization committed to empowering young people, especially young women and girls, with the knowledge and skills necessary to make good economic decisions in an increasingly complex U.S. and global financial system. See, www.sitting-pretty.org

SOURCE Financial Literacy Organization for Women and Girls (FLOW)